HAMER, S.C. (AP) — For hours, whimsical billboards count down the miles to exit 1A on South Carolina's stretch of Interstate 95 where a giant sombrero hovers in the sky like a neon UFO.... READ MORE »

PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain's absence from the Senate as he recovers from surgery for a blood clot has led the GOP leadership to postpone consideration of health care legislation... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The cousins started small — break-ins, jewelry heists and traffic violations — but on Friday they were charged in a grisly crime spree that ended with police unearthing... READ MORE »

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — It must have made for an unusual 911 call.Annika Snead of Southside was heading home from work on U.S. 431 Wednesday evening when she had to slam on her brakes to avoid... READ MORE »

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana prosecutor is showing all middle school and high school students in his county a documentary video in an attempt to discourage heroin use... READ MORE »

DOYLESTOWN (AP) — A marijuana dealer gave police a grisly account of killing four men on his family's farm, saying he crushed one of them with a backhoe after shooting him and tried to set... READ MORE »

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore has long been gripped by the curse of heroin addiction.Now, some students are using their technical skills to keep addicts from overdosing.Last year, more than... READ MORE »

DEPOE BAY, Ore. (AP) — A truck hauling eels overturned on an Oregon highway, turning the coastal road into a slimy mess.Oregon State Police on Thursday posted a photo on Twitter that showed... READ MORE »

DOYLESTOWN (AP) — A drug dealer has confessed to killing four young men separately after selling them marijuana and then burning their bodies at his family's farm, a person with firsthand... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders are trotting out their new, but reeling, health care bill and angling toward a showdown vote next week amid signs that they have lots of work... READ MORE »